Japan: Nuclear Threat No 'Chernobyl'

3/14/2011 2:13PM

A new explosion at a stricken nuclear power plant hit Japan Monday as it raced to avert a reactor meltdown after a quake-tsunami disaster that is feared to have killed more than 10,000 people. Video courtesy of AFP.

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